Paracercion malayanum

Malay lillysquatter
Paracercion malayanum, male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Paracercion
Species: P. malayanum
Binomial name
Paracercion malayanum
(Selys, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Agrion malayanum Selys, 1876
  • Enallagma malayanum Selys, 1876
  • Coenagrion malayanum Selys, 1876

Paracercion malayanum,[2][1] Malay lillysquatter,[3][4] is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is known to occur in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Java, Philippines and Thailand.[1]

It breeds in shallow lakes and ponds, where it keeps away from the edge and perches on floating vegetation.[1] The species appears to have a wide and scattered distribution, and is common nowhere.[5][6][3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Cercion malayanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T163753A5646293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163753A5646293.en. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  3. 1 2 "Paracercion malayanum Selys, 1876". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  4. 1 2 "Paracercion malayanum Selys, 1876". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  5. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis.
  6. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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